Children's language networks in minority language immersion: What goes in may not come out

Language and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-65

  Hickey, Tina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Immersion; Input; Irish; Minority language; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846667555     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le617.0     Document Type: Article

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